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The emergence of Iron Fist has been expected by Malashenko for a long time, and now it only confirms Malashenko's earlier speculation and confirms the fact that a greater battlefield threat has arrived.

Different from any previous anti-armor weapons, the weapon attributes of the Iron Fist itself have completely different positioning.

Anti-tank guns, anti-tank guns, or armor-piercing projectiles fired from tank main guns. These weapons use the strong chemical energy generated by the violent combustion of propellant in a confined space to shoot metal live projectiles at enemy armored targets. This produces a powerful penetrating and damaging effect on armor.

In professional military terminology, this type of weapon has a unified classification, which is called "kinetic energy armor-piercing weapon", which relies on the metal impact kinetic energy converted from the chemical energy of the propellant to damage armor.

In comparison, whether it is the German Panzerfaust, the American Bazooka, or even the Soviet RPG later, it will also include many modern anti-tank missiles.

This type of weapon with completely different destructive effects is classified as "chemical energy armor-breaking weapon". It relies on the cone-shaped charge cover of the warhead to condense the warhead charge to produce a slender, high-temperature metal jet, which blasts the warhead charge. Most of the chemical energy generated is condensed at one point to produce powerful power, and the thick armor of the tank is broken through the high temperature action of chemical energy to cause damage.

If you find it too difficult to understand, there is actually a more down-to-earth way of describing it.

The forward speed of the front tip of the metal jet is as high as 8,000 meters per second or even higher. The maximum flight speed of the APFSDS tail-stabilized discarding sabot projectiles used by modern main battle tanks, commonly known as "steel needle bullets", is only 1,800 meters. The muzzle velocity per second hovered below the mark.

High temperature, high speed, concentrated energy and armor-breaking, this is the trump card of all chemical energy weapons that have been tried and tested against heavy armor.

As Malashenko said, dealing with chemical energy armor-breaking weapons was indeed a relatively difficult issue during World War II. The spears during this period were stronger than shields. Traditional homogeneous steel armor faced chemical energy armor-breaking weapons. It was like a piece of pork was placed in front of a red-hot sharp knife, ready to be slaughtered.

But if we look at the problem from the perspective of the 21st century, chemical armor-breaking weapons are actually not that difficult to deal with.

Installing grille armor on the tank, commonly known as the "iron fence", detonates the armor-piercing warhead in advance to extend the ballistic advance distance of the metal jet, forcing the metal jet condensed by the conical hood to reach the real target. The main armor had been dispersed before.

As a result, the power of the chemical energy concentrated at one point is naturally greatly reduced. The area of ​​the main armor belt that the dispersed metal jet contacts is larger, and the forward speed of the jet itself is also lower. The depth of armor penetration decreases. Naturally dropped significantly. Almost all armored combat vehicles are suitable for modification to grille armor, which is the cheapest and most convenient modification method.

As long as the conditions are suitable, it can even be modified directly on the battlefield. Even the green uncles in the Middle East in the 21st century can easily do such things as adding a few iron railings.

However, this method also has relatively disadvantages, that is, the effect of reducing the armor penetration depth of the metal jet is poor, and the metal jet that continues to advance after hitting the grille armor still has considerable power. If it hits the tank's weak points and weak links in the armor, it may still be penetrated, especially if the enemy uses chemical energy weapons with greater power and deeper armor penetration.

For example, the "tank killer" heavy anti-tank rocket launcher, which has not yet appeared but will definitely appear in the future, was the most powerful infantry anti-tank weapon of the German army in World War II.

The American bazooka, which boasts a lot of bullshit, can be called the younger brother of a younger brother in front of this thing. If it is hit hard by this thing, even if the weak points of the armor are equipped with iron railings and grilles, it will still be of no use. , the places that should be penetrated will still be penetrated. Grille armor is not completely omnipotent.

Knowing clearly that he had had an extremely huge impact on the military technology of both the Soviet Union and Germany in this time and space, Malashenko, who was prepared for a rainy day, had to start from a more dangerous premise and consider it. He could not just build a grille armor. Forget it.

Otherwise, if the Germans really come up with some kind of infantry anti-armor weapon that is stronger than the "tank killer", then my friends will not be able to survive? You've wiped out all the heavy tanks one by one. What the hell is the use of this heavy armor with rough skin and thick flesh?

At that time, the situation will return to the embarrassing state when the Tiger tank first appeared, and the KV1 armor became cumbersome and useless. Malashenko does not want to taste the bitterness that he has already tasted once again.

With the current state of science and technology during the Great Patriotic War, Malashenko couldn't come up with any good solutions. He couldn't even think about a high-tech product like an active defense system!

But there is still something with simple craftsmanship and low technical content that is worth trying. This is what Malashenko expected. No matter how powerful the chemical anti-tank weapons the Germans come up with, they will definitely be sufficient and most suitable. A passive defense artifact equipped for heavy tanks.

But if you want to complete this plan, field modification alone will not work. This requires at least a complete set of heavy industry systems, as well as a supporting design team to draw plans and repeatedly test them to complete it.

In other words, Malashenko still needs the help of an old friend as always, the Soviet genius heavy tank designer: Comrade Kotin.

"Now we can only deal with it like this for now. Tekken 60 is just fine against T34 and T43 when it comes to side armor, but it's not qualified enough to deal with IS6 and IS4. After this battle, I have to go back and talk to Kogin. This matter can’t be delayed any longer!”

Malashenko, who is very aware of the level of power of Tekken 60, is actually not too worried about how much damage this thing can cause to heavy tanks.

You must know that now IS4 and IS6 are everywhere under his command, and it is difficult for IS2 to gather a battalion even with a lantern.

These two heavy tanks with better defensive performance are more resistant to the Tekken 60. The entire front main armor belt of the IS4 has no area that can be penetrated by the Tekken 60, while the top and bottom of the IS6's body are absolutely immune. Tekken 60.

Only the 150mm physical thickness homogeneous steel armor area with the gun mirror on the front side of the turret can be penetrated by the Iron Fist 60, and it can only be done when the incident angle is correct. It can be done by hitting it and listening for a sound, leaving a black stain.

In other words, this kind of weak armor part that is already relatively reliable and close to the ultimate armor-breaking depth of Tekken 60 only needs simple battlefield modifications and the installation of grille armor and skirts that can detonate metal jets in advance. You can easily solve the problem.